Method of making a rug fringe



Se t. 13,1938. cg. F. ARNOLD.

METHOD OF MAKING A RUG FRINGE Fi led Aug. 5, 1936 INVENTOR. rencefi'flrnald- Patented Sept. 13, 1938 METHOD -oF MAKING A RUG FRINGE Clarence F. Arnold, Drexel Hill, Pa.

Application August 3,

2 Claims.

This invention has to do withthe making of a rug fringe, and is concerned primarily with the method of making the rug fringe illustrated and described in the copending application of 5 Arnold, Serial Number 75,918, filed April 23, 1936,

issued as Patent No. 2,102,934, the present application being a continuation in part of the said copending application of Arnold.

The present invention has in View, as an important objective, the provision of a method for making a decorative fringe that is characterized by the presence of a relatively large diameter base cord and which base cord carries the fringe strands of small diameter as compared to the base cord. i

Inproviding a method of making a fringe of this type, an important feature is the inclusion of a step of moving the thin fringe strand to form a series of loops, the bends 'of which overlie the base cord, and then stitching the bends to the base cord by passing a thread back and forth through the base cord, which thread interlocks with the bends of the fringe strand.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a method in which a pair of large diameter base cords are arranged in spaced relation ship, and a fringe strand of smaller diameter is moved to form a series of loops, the bends of which overlie the base cords. The bends are then stitched to the base cords by passing a connecting thread back and forth through the base cord and interlocking the thread with the bends of the fringe strand. The loops of the fringe strand are then divided along a line intermediate the base cords.

The present invention has in view as an objective the provision of a method of making rug fringe which involves the use of the ordinary flat knitting machine in a novel manner, to carry out the steps of the present invention.

The rug fringe which is manufactured by the present method includes a base cord to which are anchored the fringe strands. In accordance with the present invention a pair of base cords are fed past the needles of a flat knitting machine in a fixed spaced relationship. A strand of the material Whlvh is to make up the fringe in the finished product is then passed back and forth 50 from one base cord to the other, and as this strand reaches each base cord it is stitched thereto by proper operations of the needles of the fiat knitting machine.

After the material in this condition.has passed 55 from the knitting machine, it is divided along a 1936, Serial No. 93,963

line intermediate the base cords, to provide two strips of rug fringe.

A particular feature of the present invention is the manner in which-the fringe strandis anchored to the base cord. By availing of a spring beard knitting needle, the material of the base cord may be effectively pierced to securely stitch the fringe strand thereto.

At the same *timea latch needle maybe employed in conjunction withthe spring beard needle, but at a point just off the base cord. Such latch needles are efiective to provide a row of stitches across the turns of the fringe strand along the line of joinder with the base cord, thus providing good reinforcing effects.

Various other more detailed objects and advantages will in part become apparent, and in part be hereinafter stated, as the description of the invention proceeds.

The invention, therefore, comprises the method of making a rug fringe on a flat knitting machine, and which includes the steps of arranging a pair of large diameter base cords in spaced relationship, passing a fringe strand of smaller diameter back and. forth between the base cords to form a series of loops, having bends overlying the base cords, stitching and interlocking the bends of the fringe strand to the base cords by passing connecting threads back and forth through the base cords, and forming lines of reinforcing stitches adjacent to the base cords by interlocking reinforcing threads about the fringe strands.

After the base cords and the fringe strand, which has been stitched thereto, pass from the knitting machine, it is divided along a line intermediate the base cords, to provide two strips of the rug fringe.

For a full and more complete understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view, somewhat diagrammatic, bringing out the manner in which the base cords and fringe strand are fed past the needles of a fiat knitting machine,

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, bringing out the movement of the tube which-carries the fringe strand, and

Figure 3 is another similar showing, bringing outthe arrangement after several turns of the fringe strand have been anchored to the base cords. Referring now to the drawing, wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts,

the dotted line at III is intended to indicate the line of needles on an ordinary flat knitting machine. Inasmuch as these flat lmitting machines are well-known in the textile arts, it is not thought necessary to herein present an'illustration of the same, as those skilled in the textile arts are familiar with their construction and mode of operation,

A stationary tube is shown at H, and another stationary tube is indicated at I2. These tubes are in a fixed spaced relationship, and are intended to constitute a feed for the base cords represented at l3 and I4, respectively.

As the latter are fed past the line of needles, represented at H), another tube, shown at I5, is movable back and forth between the base cords l3 and M. This tube l5 constitutes a feed for a fringe strand, shown at I6.

As shown in Figure 2, the strand I6 is anchored to the base cord l3 by two rows of stitches, designated l1 and I8 respectively. The stitches I! are formed byspring beard needles, which have the ability to pierce the base cord 13 and securely anchor the turn of the fringe strand I6 thereto.

At the same time the stitches l8 are formed by latch needles which operate between'the turns of the strand l6. After the strand Hihas been anchored to the base cord I3, as shown in Figure 2, the tube l5 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow, over to the base cord l4, where a similar stitching operation takes place, after which the tube I5 is again returned to the base cord l3.

This cycle of operation is repeated to provide the product illustrated in Figure 3, the formation of the fringe being a more or less continuous operation carried out by the fiat knitting machine. When the material in the condition shown in Figure 3 is taken from the knitting machine,

invention is hereinbefore set forth, it is to be clearly understood that I am not to be limited to the exact steps illustrated and described, because various modifications of these details may be provided in putting the invention into practice within the purview of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The method of making a decorative fringe which consists in arranging a pair of relatively large diameter base cords in spaced relationship, passing a fringe strand having a small diameter as compared to the base cords back and forth between the base cords to form a series of loops having bends of the fringe strand overlying the base cords, stitching and interlocking the said bends of the fringe strand to the base cords by passing connecting threads back and forth through the respective base cords and dividing the loops of the fringe strands along a line intermediate the base cords.

2. The method of making a fringe which consists in arranging a relatively large diameter base 

